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PBS News Hour - Full Show

May 1, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday on the NewsHour, police clear an occupied building at Columbia University and violence erupts at UCLA as campus protests over the war in Gaza intensify. In former President Trump's own words, we look at what he would do with a second term in the White House. Plus, in a rare interview, the top U.S. commander in the Indo-Pacific region discusses efforts to counter China. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening I'm I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight

0:08.3

police clear an occupied building at Columbia University and violence erupts at UCLA as campus

0:15.1

protests over the war in Gaza intensify. New details in former President

0:20.3

Trump's own words about what he would do with a second term in the White House.

0:25.0

And in a rare interview, the top U.S. commander in the Indo-Pacific region discusses efforts

0:30.9

to counter China. They continue to be more aggressive in a variety of areas.

0:36.0

They're challenging the current international rules who benefit an authoritarian society. Welcome to the news hour. There were arrests again today at a number of

0:58.7

college campuses after protests led to heated confrontations between demonstrators and law enforcement.

1:05.2

The decision by college officials to call in police and when to do so has been debated in a number

1:10.6

of states.

1:12.1

Arrests played out dramatically on television overnight in both

1:14.7

New York and Los Angeles, but they are by no means the only ones and many don't

1:20.1

involve students.

1:23.0

Demonstrations at UCLA took a turn overnight

1:26.4

as clashes erupted at an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters

1:30.8

when counter-protesters began dismantling plywood barriers around the camp.

1:37.0

Demonstrators kicked, shoved, and hit one another.

1:41.0

Fireworks and pepper spray were deployed, it's unclear by whom. Police were

1:48.6

eventually able to separate the two groups. By mourning a calmer scene but all classes were cancelled for the day and

1:55.8

many students were left frustrated. Things are not going well you know people

2:00.2

are like angry at each other lots of tensions going on I just hope things

2:05.4

could get resolved maybe with some negotiations is going on who knows what

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